Drinking-cup.



D'. GOODALB.

DRINKING CUP.

APPLICATION FILED 00110, 1910.

gmsgg v Patented June 13,1911.

ATTORNEY ATENT on ICE.

' DRINKING-CUP.

pecification of Letters Patent- Patented was 1 3, 1911. Application filed October 10, 1916. Serial No. 586,361. I

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it, known that I, DELIA GOODALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Collins, in the county of Larimer and State of Colorado, have invented anew and useful Drinking-Cup, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to drinking cups, and more specifically to that class of cups known as individual or sanitary drinking cups.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision of a cup ofthe character mentioned which can be folded in a flat compass, so as to be readily carried in the pocket.

A further object is to provide a drinking cup made from a single blank of material i0 lfplded that it will be absolutely water Another and important object is to provide a deviceof this class, the interior of which will be absolutely seamless.

With these objects in view, my invention consists in a collapsible drinking cup characterized as above mentioned, and in certain details of construction as will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a view of the blank from which the vessel is made, showing the creaselines dot-ted. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the blank partially folded. Fig.3 is a similar view of the finished receptacle. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the cup, taken .ver tically through the fastening means.

Referrin to the drawings, 5 indicates a blank 0 any suitable material, such as paper, card board, or oiled silk, fromwhich the cup is to be made. Said blank is pref; erably circular in form and is creased along lines. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, radiating from its center, thus dividing said blank into triangular or sectoral sections .or parts 14, 15, 16,17, 18,19, 20 and 21. In the blank near 1ts periphery in sections or parts 15,

16, 1 8, 19 and 21 is cut a series of openings 14: which when the receptacle is folded, unite at one common point, and provlde an opening for the-reception of a fastening staple, although any other fastening means may be employed, such as an adhesive or an extra strip pasted at the front of. the meetmg of these openings, or a clip.

In the folding of the blank to form this a vessel, (reference being made to Fig. 2), creases are made on the lines 6 and 7 and parts 18 and 19 and 17 and 20 are brought together fiat against each other. are then formed along lines 8 and 9, and parts 15 and 16 are folded inwardly so as to cause part 16 to rest against part 21 and Greases part 15 to rest against part 16, with the and parts 18 and 19 are brought around-onthe outside of part 21 causing the openings 14 of parts l8 and 19 to register with the openings 14 of parts 15, 16 and 21. A fastener is then passed through the openings and clenched on the inside.

It will be noted that the sectoral sections or'parts after being folded transversely are thenfolded radially ingsuc'cession one upon the other, commencing. at one side providing a cup or receptacle having several thick- .nesses or plies of the material of which the cup is made. By reason of the peculiar way in which the blank is folded, any liquid put into the en cannot find a ready egress, there being no oints or seams on the inside through which the liquid might pass out. The intermediate section com osed of parts 15 and 16 comes on theinsi e of the cup but a will be noted that it is a double folded I section, and any liquid which might pass between the' parts 16 and 21 is kept from escaping by the successive folding of the parts 17 and-20 and 18 and 19. These parts,

17, .18, 19 and 20 act as a reinforcing medium, and the value of my invention is largely dependent upon'the way these parts coact with the rest of the blank to stop ordam all crevices of escape for the liquid.

My invention can advantageousl beemployed as a funnel, and whenuse for this purpose, there should bean opening formed in the center of the blank where t e crease line's intersect.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my device, I do not wish to' be limited thereto,.as there might be various changes madein the details .ofconstruction without departing from the spirit of the invention comprehended within the scope of the appended claims;

Having'described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to securev by Letters-Patent is a 1. An antiseptic drinking cup consisting of a substantially circular body having a plurality of crease lines radiating from its center, forming a series of foldable parts,

. which are folded in succession oneupon the other and fastened together to form a substantially conical receptacle, the walls of V of' an approximately circular from its center, forming a series of foldable" parts, sectoral in form the body being first folded transversely and then folded radially in succession, commencing at one side, one

fupon the other and fastened together to form a substantially conical receptacle, the walls of which are made of a series of plies or thicknesses. 3. An antiseptic drinkin of an approximately circu ar-fiexible body having a plurality of crease lines radiating from 1ts center, forming a'series of foldable parts, sectoral in form, which are folded in succession commencing at one side, one upon the other and fastened together to form a substantially conical receptacle, the first folded part coming on the inside of the cup and the last folded part on the outside with the intermediate folded part between,

cup consisting the fastening means engaging the first, in-

termediate and last folded parts.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing I as my own, I have. hereto afiixed my s gnature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

DELIA GOODALE.

Witnesses:

RAY BAXTER, L. A. BAKER. 

